Zhou Dongyu

Zhou Dongyu
Background information
Chinese name 周冬雨
Pinyin Zhōu Dōngyǔ (Mandarin)
Born (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Ethnicity Han
Alma mater Beijing Film Academy
Occupation Actress
Years active 2010–present
Label(s) Zhou Dongyu Studio
Awards
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Best Actress
2016 Soul Mate
Golden Horse Awards
Best Actress
2016 Soul Mate

Zhou Dongyu (Chinese: 周冬雨; pinyin: Zhōu Dōngyǔ, born 31 January 1992) is a Chinese actress, who gained recognition after appearing in Zhang Yimou's film Under the Hawthorn Tree. She was also chosen by Southern Metropolis Daily as one of the "Four Dan actresses of the post-90s Generation", along with Zheng Shuang, Guan Xiaotong and Yang Zi.[1] In 2016, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress with her performance in Soul Mate.

Early life

Zhou Dongyu was born in Shijiazhuang on 31 January 1992, and graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 2015.[2][3]

Career

2010–2015: Rising recognition

In 2010, Zhou was picked by Zhang Yimou to star in his film Under the Hawthorn Tree, despite having no acting experience prior to taking on the role.[4] She rose to fame for her appearance in the film and won several awards, including the Best Actress at the 56th Valladolid International Film Spain Festival, Outstanding New Actress at the 14th Huabiao Award and Best New Performer at the 20th Shanghai Film Critics Awards.[5][6][7]

In 2011, she starred in Barbara Wong's romance film The Allure of Tears; and also featured in war film The Road Of Exploring, playing Yang Kaihui, the wife of political leader Mao Zedong.[8][9]

In 2013, she starred in The Palace, the fourth installment of the Gong series by Yu Zheng. Variety praised her performance saying, "Zhou holds the screen very well, turning an initially daft personality into an angsty but stoical heroine".[10]

In 2014, she starred alongside Lin Gengxin in youth romance film My Old Classmate.[11] The film topped China's box office and Zhou was praised for her "acting breakthrough".[12][13] The same year, she featured in comedy Breakup Buddies. Opposite to her usual pure and fresh image, Zhou challenged the role of a "Smart"[14] in the film.[15] Breakup Buddies became one of the highest grossing films of all time in China.[16]

In 2015, she starred opposite Ethan Juan in suspense film The Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan and youth drama The Ark of Mr. Chow alongside Sun Honglei.[17][18][19]

2016–present: Critical acclaim

Zhou achieved breakthrough with her performance in the film Soul Mate, based on the novel of the same name by Anni Baobei.[20] Zhou received the Best Actress award at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards together with her Soul Mate co-star Sandra Ma,[21] and also won Best Actress at the 28th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award.[22] The same year, she won the Best Actress award at the 8th Macau International Movie Festival for her performance in the film Never Said Goodbye.[23] Zhou also starred in her first television series, spy war drama Sparrow. The series was commercially successful, and became the highest rated war drama to date with a peak rating of 2.46 and 11 billion online views. Zhou was praised by both the audience and director for successfully tackling a challenging role.[24][25][26]

In 2017, Zhou starred alongside Takeshi Kaneshiro in romantic comedy This Is Not What I Expected.[27] The film grossed over 100 million yuan and received a 8.9 out of 10 score on Maoyan. Along with the success of Soul Mate, Zhou was coined the representative of Chinese chick flicks.[28] The same year, she starred in science fiction wuxia film The Thousand Faces of Dunjia directed by Tsui Hark.[29]

In 2018, Zhou stars in the romance film Us and Them alongside Jing Boran;[30] and fantasy wuxia film Kung Fu Monster alongside Louis Koo.[31]

Filmography

Film

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2010 Under the Hawthorn Tree山楂树之恋 Jing Qiu
2011 The Road of Exploring湘江北去 Yang Kaihui Cameo
The Allure of Tears倾城之泪 Geilimei
2013 The Palace宫锁沉香 Chen Xiang
2014 My Old Classmate同桌的妳 Zhou Xiaozhi
Breakup Buddies心花路放 Zhou Lijuan
2015 The Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan暴走神探 Hui Lan
The Ark of Mr. Chow少年班 Zhou Lan
2016 Everybody's Fine一切都好 Xiao Qingxin Cameo
The New Year's Eve of Old Lee过年好 Xiao Jiaque Cameo
Run for Love奔爱 Bai Qiezi [32]
Lost in White冰河追凶 Zhou Xinyi [33]
Never Said Goodbye謊言西西里 Gu Xiaoyou [34]
Soul Mate七月与安生 Li Ansheng
2017 A Nail Clipper Romance指甲刀人魔 Xiao Qingxin [35]
This Is Not What I Expected喜欢你 Gu Shengnan
The Founding of an Army建军大业Fan Guixia[36]
City of Rock缝纫机乐队 Lu Yun Cameo
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia奇门遁甲 Xiao Yuan
2018 Us and Them后来的我们Xiao Xiao
Animal World动物世界 Liu Qing Special appearance[37]
Goddesses in the Flames of War那些女人 Xiao Yu Cameo[38]
Kung Fu Monster武林怪兽 Xiong Jiaojiao
TBA On The Balcony阳台上Lu Shanshan Special appearance; also producer[39]
A Fangirl's Romance迷妹罗曼史 Special appearance[40]
少年的你 Chen Nian [41]

Television series

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2016 Sparrow麻雀 Xu Bicheng
2017 Love & Life & Lie遇见爱情的利先生 Liu Xintong [42]
Mo Du Feng Yun魔都风云 Xiao Yao [43]
Shall I Compare You to a Spring Day春风十里，不如你 Xiao Hong
TBABehind The Scenes幕后之王Bu Xiaogu[44]

Variety show

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2016We Are In Love我们相爱吧Cast memberwith Shawn Yue[45]
2017Chinese Restaurant中餐厅[46]

Discography

Singles

YearEnglish titleChinese titleAlbumNotes
2016"Little Windchime"小风铃Mr. Nian OST
"Imperfect Girl"不完美女孩N/Afor We Are In Love
2017"If I Love You"如果我爱你Shall I Compare You to a Spring Day OSTwith Zhang Yishan

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2011 23rd Harbin Ice and Snow Film Festival Most Commercially Valuable Newcomer Under the Hawthorn Tree Won [47]
5th Asian Film Awards Best Newcomer Nominated [48]
20th Shanghai Film Critics Awards Best New Performer Won [7]
4th Huabiao Awards Outstanding New Actress Won [6]
56th Valladolid International Film Festival Best Actress Won [5]
2015 6th China Film Director's Guild Awards Best Actress My Old Classmate Nominated [49]
15th Chinese Film Media Awards Most Anticipated Actress Won [50]
2016 53rd Golden Horse Awards Best Actress (with Sandra Ma) Soul Mate Won [21]
8th Macau International Movie Festival Best Actress Never Say Goodbye Won [23]
2017 23rd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award Best Actress Soul Mate Won [22]
1st Malaysia International Film Festival Best Actress Nominated [51]
36th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress Nominated [52]
24th Beijing College Student Film Festival Best Actress Nominated
22nd Huading Awards Best Actress (Revolutionary-Era Drama) Sparrow Nominated [53]
2nd Brics Film Festival Best Actress Soul Mate Won [54]
31st Golden Rooster AwardsBest ActressNominated
17th Chinese Film Media AwardsBest ActressWon[55]
2nd Golden Screen AwardsBest ActressWon[56]
14th Guangzhou Student Film FestivalMost Popular ActressThis Is Not What I ExpectedWon[57]
8th Macau International Television FestivalBest ActressShall I Compare You to a Spring DayNominated[58]
201812th Asian Film AwardsBest ActressThis Is Not What I ExpectedNominated[59]
9th China Film Director's Guild Awards Best Actress Won [60]

References

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  2. ↑ "Zhou Dongyu: Forever Young". China Pictorial. January 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Zhou Dongyu Admitted to Beijing Film Academy". China Radio International. July 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ Liu, Wei (August 13, 2010). "Age of innocence". China Daily.
  5. 1 2 "'Come As You Are' tops Valladolid". Variety. October 9, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Huabiao awards winners announced". CCTV.com. August 30, 2011.
  7. 1 2 "20届上海影评人奖揭晓 第五代导演新作悉数上榜". Sina (in Chinese). June 16, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Zhou Dongyu cries for 'The Allure'". China.org.cn. November 8, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Zhou Dongyu Plays Mao Zedong's Wife". China Daily. Chinese Films. June 16, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Film Review: 'The Palace'". Variety. August 28, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Zhou Dongyu returns to school days". Shenzhen Daily. March 26, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Chinese love story tops weekly box office". Sina English. April 29, 2014.
  13. ↑ "《同桌的妳》首周末票房破亿 周冬雨被赞突破大". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). April 28, 2014.
  14. ↑ "杀马特". Shenzhen Daily.
  15. ↑ "周冬雨突破清纯挑战杀马特 金色爆炸头雷人曝光"洗剪吹"造型"亮瞎眼"". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). July 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ "'Breakup Buddies' tops $150 million in China". Los Angeles Times. October 14, 2014.
  17. ↑ "'Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan' premieres". China Internet Information Center. January 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ "《少年班》首映发布会 周冬雨遭调侃不拉窗帘". Tencent (in Chinese). June 17, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Puberty blues for young Einsteins". China Daily. March 29, 2015.
  20. ↑ "安妮宝贝"七月与安生"登银幕 周冬雨马思纯主演". NetEase (in Chinese). December 8, 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Feng Xiaogang wins Golden Horse for 'I Am Not Madame Bovary'". Daily Mail. November 27, 2016.
  22. 1 2 "'Trivisa' Named Best Film by Hong Kong Critics". Variety. January 17, 2016.
  23. 1 2 "Zhou Dongyu awarded best actress in Macao". China Radio Information Center. December 19, 2016.
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  28. ↑ "Chick flick starring Zhou Dongyu makes 100 mln yuan in box office". China Plus. China Radio International. May 3, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Tsui Hark's new film to be screened in December". China Daily. October 13, 2017.
  30. ↑ "'Us and Them' brings young love, dreams to the movies". China Daily. April 25, 2018.
  31. ↑ "周冬雨古天乐加盟刘伟强魔幻电影《武林怪兽》". Sina (in Chinese). April 5, 2017.
  32. ↑ "Actresses in Sleepwear Promote 'Run for Love'". China Radio International. November 16, 2015.
  33. ↑ "《冰河追凶》曝周冬雨剧照 "冬叔"演技再突破". Netease (in Chinese). April 20, 2016.
  34. ↑ "《谎言西西里》8月9日上映 李准基周冬雨戳谎鉴爱". People's Daily (in Chinese). July 11, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Film review: A Nail Clipper Romance – Joseph Chang, Zhou Dongyu in bittersweet rom-com". South China Morning Post. April 12, 2017.
  36. ↑ "Stars dazzle the upcoming 'The Founding of an Army'". China Daily. July 25, 2017.
  37. ↑ "李易峰《动物世界》定档6.29曝预告携手迈克尔道格拉斯&周冬雨开启2018暑期档". Mtime (in Chinese). January 29, 2018.
  38. ↑ "周冬雨演民国革命女性你见过吗？". Mtime (in Chinese). August 6, 2018.
  39. ↑ "周冬雨合作张猛新片《阳台上》定档6.1". Mtime (in Chinese). April 17, 2018.
  40. ↑ "周冬雨新片"迷妹罗曼史"定档5.11闫妮&盛一伦搭档主演 背景为90年代深圳". Mtime (in Chinese). February 27, 2018.
  41. ↑ ""七月与安生"团队集结打造《少年的你》周冬雨&易烊千玺主演 曾国祥执导明年上映". Mtime (in Chinese). July 23, 2018.
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